Garment-pocket.



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P. KASOHEWSKI.

GARMENT POCKET.

APPLIOATION FILED 00114, 1911.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAvl-l c0., WASHINGTON, D c.

P. KASCHEWSKI.

GARMENT POGKET.

APPLIOATION FILED 00114, 1911.

Paten ted Feb. 27, 1912.

2 SHEBTSSHEET 2.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, n. c.

FREDERICK KASGHEWSKI, OF 0SKALO0SA,'IOWA.

GARMENT-POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 14, 1911.

Patented Feb. 2'7, 1912.

Serial No. 654,638.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK KAsoHnw- SKI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Pockets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention contemplates a novel formation of garment pockets, and it is particularly intended to provide in a coat for locomotive-engineers a watch-pocket and a pencil-pocket on the outside of the coat and a pocket for train-orders on the inside of the coat.

The watch-pocket is so formed that the watch is not liable to unintended displacement therefrom; and the train-order pocket is also of such character that its contents are not liable to work out. 1

The pockets are placed on the left side of the coat, thus avoiding inconvenience to the wearer and injury to the contents of the pockets when the wearer leans against a window-sill on the right side, as in the case of locomotive-engineers.

When read in connection with the description herein, the details of construction and arrangement of parts contemplated by the invention will be apparent from the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof, wherein an embodiment of the invention is disclosed, for purposes of illustration.

While a preferred embodiment of the invention, as applied to a locomotive-engineers coat, is disclosed in the drawings, it is to be understood that the pockets are susceptible of use on other garments, and that the invention is not necessarily to be limited to the exact form shown in interpretation of claims hereinafter,

Like referencecharacters refer to corresponding parts in the views of the drawings, of which Figure 1 is a fragmentary outer View of a coat having my pockets embodied therein; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary inner view thereof; Fig. 3 is a view of the pocket-patches in a partially-stitched condition; Fig. 1 is a fragmentary outer view of the coat before the pocket-patches are secured thereto; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5, Fig. 1.

Having more particular reference to the drawings, 6 designates a coat, formed on the left front with a slit or elongated opening 7, around which on the outside of the coat is stitched a binding 8.

For forming a pocket to be reached from the inside of the coat through the opening 7, a patch 9 is employed. This patch has substantially parallel side edges, a straight top edge substantially at right angles thereto, and a lower edge declining from each side to a point in the center.

Before attachment to the coat, a'binding or reinforcing piece of fabric 10 is stitched along the upper edge of patch 9, the piece being turned upwardly during the stitching operation, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the row of stitches 11 along its upper edge will not show when the piece is turned down and secured to the patch 9 by rows of stitches 12 along its lower edge, as shown in other figures of the drawings.

Another patch 13 is secured on the outside of'patch 9 for the purpose of forming pockets, or a pocket with compartments, suitable for reception of'a watch and a pen oil or the like. This patch is preferably of the same width as patch 9, of the same shape at the bottom, and somewhat shorter in a vertical direction, so that, when attached to patch 9, its top edge will be somewhat below the reinforcement-piece 10. The patch 13, along its top edge, and before attachment to patch '9, is turned under to form a binding or reinforcement 14:, which is held by rows of stitching 15. It is first secured to the patch 9 by stitching which extends along its top edge in a line 16 from a point considerably nearer one side than the other to a point about midway between the sides, then downwardly in a line 17 substantially parallel to the side edge for, say, one-third-the vertical length of the patch, then upwardly in an oblique line 18 to the point of commencement, then downwardly in a line 19 substantially parallel to the side edge, then alongthe bottom edge in an oblique line 20 to, or nearly to, the center,

and then upwardly in an oblique line 21 to It will be seen that two outer pockets are formed between the patches 9 and 13: One a comparatively long and narrow pocket 23 between one side edge and the line of stitching 19, suitable for reception of a pencil,pen, or the like; and another somewhat wider pocket 2& bounded by the rows of stitching 17, 18, 19, 22, and 21, and the other side edge. The declined row of stitching 21 and the declined'formation of the bottom edge of the pocket-patch cause an article, such as a watch, in the .bottom of the pocket 24 to take position under the oblique row of stitching 18 and under a vertex 25 formed by the junction of that row with the row of stitching 17 These rows of stitching, which close a portion of the top of the pocket, will tend to prevent unintended displacement of the article in the pocket, for a sudden upward movement of the article will be stopped by its contact with the vertex 25, and yet an article, such as a watch, may be easily withdrawn from the pocket.

The patch 9 is placed on the coat so that the reinforcement-piece 10 has position over and completely covers the opening 7, in order that this strengthened portion of the patch may receive the wear incident to the reaching through that opening into a pocket 26 formed by the patch 9 between it and the outer surface of the garment; and the patch may also be so located that its top edge and the rows of stitching 22 therealong are sufficiently above the top edge of the opening to leave that edge unconfined. Papers, such as train-orders, and" other articles in the pocket 26 will not be liable to work out, as they will rather tend to have their tops engaged under the unconfined edge of the opening.

WVhen desired not to have the inner pocket 26, the patch 13 may be secured directly to the garment, instead of to the patch 9, when the compartments 23 and 2 1 will be formed between the fabrics of the patch and garment, and in which case the lines of stitching 16, 17 18, 19, 20, and 21 will extend through the garment fabric.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a garment, apatch secured thereto by stitching along its side and bottom edges, a substantially vertical line of stitching extending from top to bottom of the patch intermediate the sides, a

line of stitching extending for a portion of 2. In combination with a garment having an elongated opening therein, a patch sewed to the outside of the garment over the opening and forming with the garmentan inner pocket accessible through the opening from the inside of the garment, and an outer patch secured to the firstmentioned patch on the outside by lines of stitching along the side and bottom edges, a substantially vertical line of stitching extending from top to bottom of the outer patch, a line of stitching extending for a portion of the length of the top edge of the outer patch from the vertical stitching, another substantially vertical line of stitching extending from the last1nentioned stitching down the outer patch for a portionof its length, and an oblique line of stitching extending upwardly from the lower end of the last-mentioned stitching to the firstmentioned vertical line of stitching, whereby two pockets are formed between the two patches, one of which pockets is partially closed at the top.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK KASCHEIVSKI. Vitnesses:

LILORA 001), L. T. SHANGLE.

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